Pulmonary macrophages and SARS-Cov2 infection

Calum C Bain, Adriano G Rossi, Christopher D Lucas*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

Abstract / Description of output

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to the largest global pandemic in living memory, with between 4.5 and 15M deaths globally from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This has led to an unparalleled global, collaborative effort to understand the pathogenesis of this devastating disease using state-of-the-art technologies. A consistent feature of severe COVID-19 is dys- regulation of pulmonary macrophages, cells that under normal physiological conditions play vital roles in maintaining lung homeostasis and immunity. In this article, we will discuss a selection of the pivotal findings examining the role of monocytes and mac- rophages in SARS-CoV-2 infection and place this in context of recent advances made in understanding the fundamental immunobiology of these cells to try to understand how key homeostatic cells come to be a central pathogenic component of severe COVID-19 and key cells to target for therapeutic gain.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
EditorsSamanta A. Mariani, Luca Cassetta, Lorenzo Galluzzi
Place of PublicationOxford, UK
PublisherAcademic Press
Number of pages1
Volume367
ISBN (Electronic)9780323907415
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
PublisherElsevier Inc.

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • lung
  • macrophage
  • coronavirus
  • SARS-CoV-2

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